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Watch Tame Impala Perform ‘Borderline’ on ‘The Tonight Show’

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Tame Impala were the musical guests on the latest episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Back by a small band, Kevin Parker appeared remotely for a performance of the Slow Rush track ‘Borderline’. Check it out below.

Back in August, Tame Impala appeared on NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’, performing the tracks ‘Breathe Deeper’, ‘Is It True’, and ‘Patience’. That same month, Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden shared a remix of ‘Is It True’, a track for which Tame Impala also recently released an accompanying visual.

In related news, BTS are set to appear on The Tonight Show for five consecutive nights next week.

Tune-Yards Return with New Song ‘nowhere, man’

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Indie duo Tune-Yards have returned with their first new song in two years, ‘nowhere, man’. A reference to the Beatles song of the same name, the track arrives with a music video featuring stop motion animation by Japhy Riddle and Callie Day. Check it out below.

“The song and the video for ‘nowhere, man’ were created under conditions of feeling squeezed and pushed to the brink—relatively, of course,” the duo’s Merrill Garbus said in a statement. “I wanted to ask, ‘How loudly do I have to shout and sing before I’m heard?’ And the video asks, too, ‘What am I not hearing?’ We hope the music brings energy and a strong wind of encouragement to those who are shouting and singing loudly for justice right now.”

Tune-Yards’ most recent album was 2018’s I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life. Last year, they contributed to the soundtrack and original score for Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You. The duo are also set to appear on Sadie Dupuis’ Sad13 LP Haunted Painting, which comes out this Friday.

BTS to Appear on ‘The Tonight Show’ for Five Consecutive Nights

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BTS are set to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon! for five consecutive nights. The so-called ‘BTS Week’ will kick off next Monday, September 28th, and will feature musical performances, comedy sketches, and more. Halfway through their weeklong residency, on Wednesday, September 30th, BTS will serve as the episode’s lead guest.

“I’m so excited to have BTS back on the show. We just started the new season and we’re working on a lot of really exciting things,” Fallon told EW. “One thing that is important to us at The Tonight Show is showcasing talent and creatives, so what better way to kick things off than a full week with them. And this is just the start.”

Since releasing their latest single ‘Dynamite’, BTS have also performed at the MTV VMAs, The Today Show, and most recently, NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.

Sophie Jamieson Unveils Stirring New Single ‘Release’

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Singer-songwriter Sophie Jamieson has unveiled a new single called ‘Release’. It’s taken from her upcoming EP of the same name, which is set for release on December 1st. Check it out below, alongside an accompanying music video filmed, directed and edited by Jamieson.

“This song is a search for peace by any means necessary. I wanted to escape how I felt, to blur it and take the edge off it, to indulge in it and then leave it behind,” Jamieson said in a press release. “It reflects the constant effort to balance feeling too much and feeling nothing, the desperate search for equilibrium that only ever ends in chaos.”

Release was produced by Steph Marziano, who has previously worked with the likes of Hayley Williams, Denai Moore, and Lazy Day. Previously, Jamieson previewed the project with ‘Forward’, which made it onto our list of best new songs that week.

Lydia Loveless and Laura Jane Grace Collaborate on New Track ‘September’

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Lydia Loveless has shared a new track called ‘September’ featuring Against Me! vocalist Laura Jane Grace. It serves as the final preview from Loveless’ upcoming album, Daughter, ahead of its release on Friday (September 25). Check it out below, alongside a video shot on an iPhone 11 Pro and co-directed by Loveless and Michael Casey.

“‘September’ is a song about the loneliness and ache of being a teenager,” Loveless said in a statement. “I wanted to depict that in the video without being too personal, and we thought Bridget [Christine] and Kyle [Cox] would be the perfect people to star in it. There’s nothing I love more than not being in my own video, so I loved just watching everyone get into character and tell this sad story in front of me.”

Daughter marks Loveless’ first full-length release since 2016’s Real. It was recorded with producer Tom Schick at Wilco’s Loft studio in Chicago and includes the previously released singles ‘Wringer’ and ‘Love is Not Enough’.

METZ Share Video for New Song ‘Blind Youth Industrial Park’

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METZ have released a new song from their forthcoming record, Atlas VendingIt’s called ‘Blind Youth Industrial Park’ and it arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Dylan Pharazyn and shot in Queenstown, on the South Island of New Zealand. Watch it below.

Speaking about the inspiration for the video, Pharalzyn explained: “I started thinking of the feeling of war or samurai films, beautiful but dark and violent… but then I had this idea to work up a more unique world… I started to think of a more futuristic setting – more unusual and dream-like with the story set on a distant planet where there is future technology and some kind of alien magic… like a futuristic fable. I loved the idea of the hero Ayeth on this nomadic walk through an epic landscape… I loved the strength in her and the pairing of her with a wounded companion, something really human and vulnerable… I wanted that emotive warmth countering the cold military images.”

Atlas Vending, the follow-up to 2017’s Strange Peace, is out October 9 via Sub Pop. Previously, METZ shared the singles ‘Hail Taxi’ and ‘A Boat to Drown In’.

Bastille Return with New Song ‘survivin’

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Bastille have returned with a new single called ‘survivin’. Check it out below.

“There’d been times when I felt like I’d been in a washing machine and on a conveyor belt at the same time, but when people asked me how I was doing, the answer was always the British cliché: ‘Yep, all good, fine’,” lead vocalist Dan Smith explains in a statement. “At the start of lockdown I felt very self-conscious about having written a song that felt relevant when it wasn’t intended to be, but then I also think 2020 is the year we all stopped pretending everything’s fine.”

‘survivin’ marks the group’s second single of 2020, following their Graham Coxon collaboration ‘WHAT YOU GONNA DO???’. Their last album was 2019’s Doom Days.

 

Watch Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, and More Perform ‘People Have the Power’

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Patti SmithMichael Stipe, Joan Baez, Cyndi Lauper, and more joined forces for a virtual performance of Smith’s ‘People Have the Power’. The video of the performance was released by Pathway to Paris, a climate action non-profit co-founded by Patti Smith’s daughter, Jesse Paris Smith, in celebration of the organization’s sixth anniversary as well as the beginning of Climate Week NYC 2020. Check it out below.

The clip, which also encourages viewers to vote, features guests from 25 countries, 46 cities, and six continents, with appearances from Angélique Kidjo, Lenny Kaye, Tenzin Choegyal, Ben Harper, Tony Hawk, environmentalist Bill McKibben, Stella McCartney, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner, and the Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture.

Yo La Tengo Unveil New Song ‘Bleeding’

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Yo La Tengo have previewed their upcoming EP Sleepless Night with a new track called ‘Bleeding’. Take a listen below.

Created in collaboration with Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, the EP was conceived as part of his career-spanning exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts (LACMA). In addition to ‘Bleeding’, it features five covers including the previously released rendition of The Byrds’ ‘Wasn’t Born to Follow’.

Sleepless Night is set for release on October 9 via Matador. Earlier this year, the group put out We Have Amnesia Sometimes, a collection of ambient instrumentals recorded during lockdown. A 25th anniversary edition of their 1995 LP Electr-o-pura was released on September 4th.

 

Android or iOS for Mobile Gaming

The debate over which mobile operating system is better between Android and iOS has been going on for over a decade now. These two competing platforms share a ton of similarities, and while there are some notable differences between the two, fans often blow them out of proportion and make them a bigger deal than they truly are. With mobile gaming quickly on the rise, a new question has popped into everyone’s minds, which platform offers a better mobile gaming experience – Android or iOS? Today, we’re going to try to answer that question form a few perspectives.

Real Money Gaming

Online casino games are a big part of the mobile gaming world. These websites have taken stride on both mobile platforms and are known to offer many benefits. When it comes to payment options, casinos accepting Neteller, PayPal, and other popular payment methods are readily available on both platforms. The same goes for the game selections these websites host and their offers of dedicated mobile apps. There are a few differences in particular online casinos that offer platform exclusive bonuses, but overall when it comes to real money gaming, it’s a draw between the two.

Official Game Stores

Both Android and iOS are known for using respective game stores where players can pick up the latest and greatest games out there. In terms of popular mobile games, both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store on Android seem to be privy to the hottest titles right now. While iOS might have been in the lead when it comes to the sheer number of games in their official store, it seems that Android has now exceeded that number by a significant amount. Surprisingly, the win here goes to iOS. While they don’t have as many games, the quality of their exclusives is generally better.

Unofficial Game Stores

While it did fall a bit short in the previous category, Android 100% takes the win here. Apple is much stricter about where players can download their content, but Android users will have no trouble accessing many unofficial game stores where they can snatch great games. A lot of these titles aren’t available on both of the official stores, so Android users do have an advantage here. In the end, we can call it a draw. Both platforms offer an excellent gaming experience, and at the end of the day, it all depends on the user’s preference.